Abstract
Open-top chambers (OTC) equipped with solar-heated double funnels (SDF) were tested for high-temperature treatments under unstable wind conditions. OTC-SDFs have two types of funnel-shaped tunnels attached on opposite ends; OTC-SDF-A had SDFs of the same width, and the OTC-SDF-B had SDFs that were twice the width of the open end. The temperature rise in these OTC-SDFs were compared with that in OTC with solar-heated air introduction tunnel (OTC-SAT). The temperature increase in the OTC-SAT during the daytime was small and not flat, whereas that in OTC-SDF-A was higher than in OTC-SAT and almost flat. The temperature rise was further enhanced in the OTC-SDF-B. An increase in air exchange ability at the intake may account for this enhancement. The drop in temperature at night observed in OTC-SAT was less prominent in OTC-SDFs. Based on these data, OTC-SDFs are considered useful in areas where the wind speed and direction are unstable.
